Attachment for safety razors



Oct. 4, 1932. w, 1,880,881

ATTACHMENT FOR SAFETY RAZORS Filed Dec. 12, 1950 INVENTOR WIT HarryWjiltline Patented Get. 4, 1932 STS HARRY W. DILIDINE, OF NEW YORK, N.Y. i

ATTACHMENT FOR SAFETY RAZORS Application filed December 12, 1930. SerialNo. 561,968.

An object of the invention is to provide an attachment for safety razorswhich is normally mounted on a handle of the safety razor and which hasresilient arms engagnlg a guard plate of the safety razor to hold theguard plate in normal position when it 1s moved slightly away from therazor blade and the clamping plate of the safety razor to permit of theuse of the safety razor to insure a close shave.

Another object of the invention is to provide the attachment withdiverging resilient arms which will engage the guard plate adjacent itsends to obtain a firm hold on the guard plate and in this way maintalnthe guard plate in position.

Still another object of the invention is to provide the attachment withan opening in which the handle of the safety razor is d1sposed, theattachment 7 resting against a shoulder on the handle and being providedwith means engaging and holding the guard plate in position.

A further object of the invention is to provide an attachment whichserves to prevent water and lather from running down the handle of asafety razor from the plates and the razor blade held therebetween.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingspecification in which the preferred form of the invention is described.

In the drawing similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views,

' of which Figure 1 is an end view of a safety razor provided with theattachment,

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1,

Fi ure 3 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2, and

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating the attachment.

When desiring a close shave with a safety razor it has been customarywith the old type of razor blades to unscrew the handle slightly, whichserves to change the positions of the edges of the blade relatively tothe guard and clamping plates, the resiliency of the blade serving topress the guard plate against the shoulder on the handle, by which meansthe parts are held in place and the further unscrewing of the handle isretarded. With many of the new types of razor blades this is impossiblefor there is so much metal cut away at the central portion of the razorblade that, in connection with other features of the new blade, thedesired pressure is not exerted by the razor blade against the guardplate.

My invention overcomes this difliculty by providing a shield or memberengaged by the handle for pressing arms against the plate for holdingthe plate in normal position. The outward pressure against the handlealso serves to press the sides of the thread on the handle against thesides of the thread on a stud projecting from the clamping plate toretard the unscrewing of the handle. The shield or member also serves asa means to prevent lather from running down the handle of the safetyrazor.

By referring to the drawing it will b seen that the attachment 10 isused on a stand ard type of safety razor having a handle 11 with athreaded opening 12 in which meshes a threaded stud 13 on a clampingplate 14:, which serves to press the razor blade 15 against a guardplate 16. When a razor blade is used in this type of safety razor whereconsiderable of the central portion of the razor blade is cut away, orwhere the razor blade for some other reason has not sufficient stren thto press against the guard plate 16 when the handle 11 is slightlyunscrewed relatively to the threaded stud 13, the razor blade will notexert any considerable pressure against the guard plate 16, although theedges of the razor blade will be disposed, as will be understood, sothat a close shave may be obtained. The failure of the razor blade toexert any pressure against the guard plate 16 will result in the guardplate 16 having some movement relatively to the razor blade 15, whichwill render the razor dangerous when used. Furthermore, when the handle11 is slightly unscrewed relatively to the threaded stud 13, there willnot be such frictional engagement as will prevent the further unscrewingof the handle when the razor is used, and which may also render therazor dangerous during the shaving process.

With the attachment 10 these dificulties and disadvantages are avoidedinasmuch as the attachment 10 consists of a shield or member 17 with anopening 18 through which the upper end of the handle may be disposed topermit. of the shield or member 17 resting against the shoulder 18 onthe handle. The shield or member 17 hasbroad diverging, resilient arms19, the terminal of each arm having a bearing seat 20, so that the arms19 may be disposed in the direction of the guard plate 16 and may restagainst the said guard plate with the bearings 21 on the guard plate 16resting'in the seats 20 ofthe shield or member 17.

It will be understood that the attachment may be quickly applied to thesafety razor and that inasmuch as the arms19 engage the guard plate 16at its rib or hearing 9.1,at points spaced from the handle 11 at theguard plate, a firm grip will be obtained on the guard plate because ofthe resiliency of the arms. The guard plate 16 will, therefore, beheldandwill be prevented from movement under all normal conditions. lVhenthe handle 11 is slightly unscrewed so that the edges of the razor bladewill be disposed to obtain a close shave, the plate 16 will'be freedfrom close proximity to the clamping plate 14 and the pressure of theguard plate 16 against the razor blade 15 will be greatly reduced.Nevertheless, although the shoulder 18 on'the handle 11 will move awayfrom the clamping plate 1d wh n the guard plate 16 is freed from closeproximit to the clamping plate 14, the desired adjustmentwill beobtained by means of the arms 19 against the guard plate 16- under allnormal conditions. The resilient arms 19 will press against the guardplate 16 to hold the guard plate .16 firmly in position. I

. What is claimed is:

1. In'combinationwith a safety razor having. a guard plate and aclamping plate for embracinga razor blade and a handle with a shoulder,amember mounted on the handle at the shoulder and having resilient,diverging, non-compressible arms for detachably engaging the guard platefor holding the guard plate in normal position when the clamping platehas been moved therefrom to permit of a close shave. 1

2. In combination with a safety razor have ing a razor-securing meanswith sides and ends and a handle with ashould'er spaced from therazor-securing means, the handle haying a threaded engagement with therazor-soeuringmeans, a lather shield mounted on the handle at e shoulderand having noncompressible resn ent arms disposed at opposite sides or"thehandle and detachably engaging the enc s of the razor-secur ng meansfor pressing against the razor-securing means from the shoulder forsteadying the latter, the arms being free from the razorsecuring meansbetween the ends of the latter.

3. In combination with a safety razor having a plate with sides and endsfor engaging a razor blade and a handle adjustable relatively to theplate, the plate being provided with bearings adjacent its ends, amember mounted on the handle, means to limit the movement of the memberrelatively to the handle, the member having arms with seats fordetachably receiving the bearings on the plate and for pressing from thesaid means for holding the plate in normal position, the arms being freefrom the plate between its ends.

l. I11 combination with a safety razor having a plate with sides andends for engaging a razor blade and provided with a handle adjustablerelatively to the plate, the plate having bearings adjacent its ends, amember mounted on the handle, means for limiting the movement of the-member. relatively to the handle, the member having resilient,diverging, metal arms with seats for detachably receiving the hearingson the plate for pressing from the said means for holding the plate innormal position.

' 5. In combination with a safety razor hav ing a handle with a shoulderand a guard with raised portions, a resilient shield mounted on thehandle at its shoulder and provided with a ms having corrugationsnormally cooperating with the said raised portions on the guard toprevent relative angular displacement of the shield and the guard.

6. A resilient shield having a central portion with an opening in whicha razor blade handle is normally disposed, the ends of the resilientshield curving in one direction with their terminals bent insubstantially the same plane and substantially parallel with the saidcentral portion of the resilient shield, there being a corrugation ineach terminal for cooperating with raised portions on a razor guard. V

7. In combination with a safety razor having a handle with a shoulderand a guard with hearing portions, a resilient shield mounted on thehandle at its shoulder and provided with companion bearing portionsnormally cooperating with the first mentioned bearing portions on theguard to prevent relative displacement of the shield and the guard.

' 8. In combination with a safety razor having a handle and a guard withhearing portions, a resilient shield mounted on the handle and providedwith companion bearing portions normally cooperating with the firstmentioned bearing portions on the guard to prevent relative displacementof the shield and the guard, and means to prevent the movement' of theresilient shield longitudinally of the handle.

HARRY W. DILDINE.

